. Series 1 Episode 6: Out in the Limelight, Home in the Rain
Rambert's thrilling stage adaptation The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, with direction and choreography by Rambert's artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer. Opening in the trenches of Flanders, a personal story unfolds in postwar industrial Birmingham as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that determine their fate, and Tommy is intoxicated by mysterious newcomer Grace
The series of historical biographies presents a profile of actor John Wayne. His on-screen bravery and his battle with the cancer that eventually killed him contributed to a heroic public image. But Wayne shirked his country's call to arms in World War Two, endorsed the Hollywood blacklist, fervently supported the war in Vietnam and criticised the civil rights movement… John Wayne: The Unquiet American
Documentary which takes a glorious journey back to the 1950s, when the coach was king and helped give people a taste of freedom… Series 10 Episode 6: The Golden Age of Coach Travel
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BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
With half the quarter-final places filled, two more teams of students return for a second-round match, both hoping to be the next team to join this year's final eight. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions… Series 22 Episode 21
Not your usual case of brains vs brawn, as a trio of cunning chess masters tackle a bright bunch of rugby players… Series 2 Episode 6: Rugby Boys v Chessmen
Often dismissed as a chocolate box painter, in his day, Constable was a revolutionary. Art historian Rose Balston explores six decades of BBC archives to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of him… Series 1 Episode 4: Constable: The Rural Rebel
Andrew Graham-Dixon gets under the skin of the modern American metropolis. Beginning at the Statue of Liberty, he discovers how the ambitions of visionary artists and architects helped America remove itself from the shadow of Europe. In Manhattan he explores the grimy world of early 20th century painters John Sloan and George Bellows, and visits Stockbridge in Massachusetts to explore Norman Rockwell's oeuvre… Series 1 Episode 2: Modern Dreams
The team uncover a danger that humanity is only just waking up to – space weather. They meet the dedicated people working to keep us safe from the very worst that the sun can throw at us… Space Weather: The Perfect Storm
. Series 1 Episode 3: The Wilderness and the West
We follow the Habsburgs' rise to power and discover how Vienna marked Europe's front line in the struggle to defend both Christendom from the Ottomans and the Catholic Church from the Protestant revolutionaries that plotted to destroy it… Series 1 Episode 1
Dr James Fox takes a journey through six different landscapes across Britain, meeting artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world
Not your usual case of brains vs brawn, as a trio of cunning chess masters tackle a bright bunch of rugby players… Series 2 Episode 6: Rugby Boys v Chessmen
Andrew Graham-Dixon gets under the skin of the modern American metropolis. Beginning at the Statue of Liberty, he discovers how the ambitions of visionary artists and architects helped America remove itself from the shadow of Europe. In Manhattan he explores the grimy world of early 20th century painters John Sloan and George Bellows, and visits Stockbridge in Massachusetts to explore Norman Rockwell's oeuvre… Series 1 Episode 2: Modern Dreams
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BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
Two more teams of students return for a second-round match, with three places in the quarter-finals still up for grabs. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions… Series 22 Episode 22
There's no shame in winning bronze in this marvellously mind-boggling quiz show, as three chess players take on a trio of mathematicians for the glory of third place… Series 2 Episode 7: Chessmen v Mathematician
Hyacinth is anxious that her neighbours view the arrival of her new suite, proudly boasting that it's an exact replica of one at Sandringham House, but the rest of the family conduct themselves rather less than regally… Series 2 Episode 9: The Three Piece Suite
Hyacinth's plan to take Daddy on a picnic backfires when he takes the car, leaving the rest of the family stranded… Series 2 Episode 10: A Picnic for Daddy
A look at how the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire in the 19th century unraveled, leading to the potato famine in Ireland and mutiny in India. By the early 20th century, nationalist movements around the globe had turned their back on the British `workshop of the world'… Series 3 Episode 3: The Empire of Good Intentions
In the 'Fight of the Century' Muhammad Ali takes on his rival Joe Frazier. Ali loses, but becomes a hero nonetheless… Round Three: The Rivalry, Part 1
The Supreme Court overturns Muhammad Ali's conviction, validating his refusal to serve in the war in Vietnam. In 1974, Ali outduels Frazier, his greatest rival, in their highly anticipated rematch. But to complete his comeback, he must face the fearsome George Foreman… Round Three: The Rivalry, Part 2
Muhammad Ali shocks the world when he defeats George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire, winning back the heavyweight title and becoming the most famous man on earth. He then faces Joe Frazier, his great rival, for a third time in the brutal Thrilla in Manila… Round Four: The Spell Remains, Part 1
Muhammad Ali retired in 1981. In 1984 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Despite his illness, he continues to travel the world spreading his Islamic faith and becomes a symbol of peace and hope… Round Four: The Spell Remains, Part 2
The team uncover a danger that humanity is only just waking up to – space weather. They meet the dedicated people working to keep us safe from the very worst that the sun can throw at us… Space Weather: The Perfect Storm
There's no shame in winning bronze in this marvellously mind-boggling quiz show, as three chess players take on a trio of mathematicians for the glory of third place… Series 2 Episode 7: Chessmen v Mathematician
Often dismissed as a chocolate box painter, in his day, Constable was a revolutionary. Art historian Rose Balston explores six decades of BBC archives to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of him… Series 1 Episode 4: Constable: The Rural Rebel
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
In the penultimate match of the second round, two more teams of students face off for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions… Series 22 Episode 23
The Cambridge Quiz Society face the Rugby Players in the series final… Series 2 Episode 8: Cambridge Quiz Society v Rugby Boys
Professor Brian Cox begins his exploration of the cosmos with a hymn to the great luminous bodies that bring light and warmth to the universe: the stars. It is estimated that there are two hundred trillion stars in the universe, each playing their part in an epic story of creation, a great saga that stretches from the dawn of time, with the arrival of the first star, through diverse generations until the arrival of our own star, the Sun, and a civilisation that has grown up in its light… Series 1 Episode 1: The Sun: God Star
Over 40 years on from the end of the Second World War, this landmark series explored the reasons why Germany fell in thrall to the Nazis. Combining astonishing archive, storytelling and interviews with figures at the heart of Hitler's rise to power, it tells us of the Nazi mentality, why they believed what they did
Unearthing the shocking truth about how a cultured nation at the heart of Europe allowed a monster like Hitler to come to power. This film reveals how the Nazi party was born, and how, by January 1933, Germany voted for a Chancellor who was openly committed to overthrowing democracy… Helped into Power
Ken Loach reflects on The Old Oak, his deeply moving portrait of solidarity, displacement and community in a former mining village in County Durham. Set against the arrival of Syrian refugees in a town scarred by austerity and deindustrialisation, the film explores whether compassion and collective action can survive in fractured times
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community… Drama. Year: (2023). Country: Belgium,France,United Kingdom
Ken Loach discusses Up the Junction, his landmark 1965 contribution to the BBC's The Wednesday Play strand, adapted from Nell Dunn's celebrated stories of working-class life in Battersea. Blending drama with documentary realism, the production shocked audiences with its frank depiction of sex, illegal abortion and everyday poverty, attracting record complaints while redefining television drama in Britain
Classic play by Nell Dunn about three working-class young women who live, work and play in Battersea… Up the Junction
John Wilson speaks to leading figures from the worlds of art and culture to hear about the formative influences and inspirations that fired their creative imaginations… Series 2 Episode 6: Ken Loach
The Cambridge Quiz Society face the Rugby Players in the series final… Series 2 Episode 8: Cambridge Quiz Society v Rugby Boys
Professor Brian Cox begins his exploration of the cosmos with a hymn to the great luminous bodies that bring light and warmth to the universe: the stars. It is estimated that there are two hundred trillion stars in the universe, each playing their part in an epic story of creation, a great saga that stretches from the dawn of time, with the arrival of the first star, through diverse generations until the arrival of our own star, the Sun, and a civilisation that has grown up in its light… Series 1 Episode 1: The Sun: God Star
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
The second round of the 2022/23 competition ends tonight. Two more teams of students face off for a place in this year's quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions… Series 22 Episode 24
A team of three civil servants with a shared love of Radio 4's `The Archers' pit their wits against a trio of music lovers. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, from AC battery to compass wrench to glass hammer to long stand… Series 3 Episode 1: Archers Admirers v Music Lovers
Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is seen as. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated the the Normans to justify their conquest
Uncompromising western about a reformed murderer who reluctantly agrees to one more killing. Long after he has settled into a peaceful life as a farmer with his two children, he is coaxed out of retirement by a young gun who wants his help in killing some men to collect a bounty… Western. Year: (1992). Country: USA
Clint Eastwood recalls his tough childhood and looks back at his early career, from Rawhide to Dirty Harry and the spaghetti westerns. With contributions from Don Siegel, Sergio Leone, Eli Wallach and Martin Scorcese, plus an exclusive interview with his mother, Ruth… Clint Eastwood: Part One – Out of the West
Arena's profile of Clint Eastwood continues with his directorial debut, Play Misty for Me, which he completed in five weeks before going on to huge success in Dirty Harry. Featuring actors Gene Hackman and Meryl Streep, director Martin Scorsese, plus Eastwood's mother Ruth and wife Dina… Clint Eastwood: Part Two – American Film-maker
. Series 1 Episode 3: The Wilderness and the West
Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is seen as. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated the the Normans to justify their conquest
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 17 December 1999 and featuring Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews, B*Witched & Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Progress Presents The Boy Wunda, Vengaboys, Artful Dodger feat Craig David and Cliff Richard… 17/12/1999
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 June 1977 and featuring Osibisa, Berni Flint, The Wurzels, Neil Innes, Demis Roussos, Bob Marley and the Wailers, ELO, Frankie Miller, The Stranglers, Honky and Rod Stewart, with a dance sequence from Legs & Co… 09/06/77
Simon Bates and Richard Skinner present the pop chart programme, first shown on 6 June 1985. Featuring Gary Moore & Phil Lynott, Kool and the Gang, Propaganda, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Paul Hardcastle… 06/06/1985
Peter Powell and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 June 1988 and featuring the Timelords, Five Star, Voice of the Beehive, Mica Paris, Fields of the Nephilim, Sabrina, James Brown, Maxi Priest, Morrissey, Wet Wet Wet and Erasure… 09/06/1988
Film profile of singer and pianist Ray Charles. Featuring Charles in conversation with Charlie Gillett and clips from his 1986 Royal Festival Hall concert and earlier performances… Ray Charles
A collection of performances from Tina Turner. This selection of her biggest hits comes from appearances Tina made on various BBC programmes over the years, featuring some of her biggest hits from the 1970s, 80s and 90s
Using interviews and told in her own words, this is the story of Tina Turner's 50-year relationship with the UK, also featuring interviews with British musicians and fans who shared her journey. From her first visit, alongside Ike Turner, supporting the Rolling Stones in 1966, to her legendary 1983 comeback performance on C4's `The Tube' and working with Heaven 17, Tina has always had a soft spot for the UK
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 17 December 1999 and featuring Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews, B*Witched & Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Progress Presents The Boy Wunda, Vengaboys, Artful Dodger feat Craig David and Cliff Richard… 17/12/1999
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 June 1977 and featuring Osibisa, Berni Flint, The Wurzels, Neil Innes, Demis Roussos, Bob Marley and the Wailers, ELO, Frankie Miller, The Stranglers, Honky and Rod Stewart, with a dance sequence from Legs & Co… 09/06/77
Simon Bates and Richard Skinner present the pop chart programme, first shown on 6 June 1985. Featuring Gary Moore & Phil Lynott, Kool and the Gang, Propaganda, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Paul Hardcastle… 06/06/1985
Peter Powell and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 June 1988 and featuring the Timelords, Five Star, Voice of the Beehive, Mica Paris, Fields of the Nephilim, Sabrina, James Brown, Maxi Priest, Morrissey, Wet Wet Wet and Erasure… 09/06/1988
Film profile of singer and pianist Ray Charles. Featuring Charles in conversation with Charlie Gillett and clips from his 1986 Royal Festival Hall concert and earlier performances… Ray Charles
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